Architecture
Canadian Facility Management & Design
The RCMP’s new Nova Scotia headquarters
The design of the RCMP's new Nova Scotia headquarters reconciles its requirements of internal security and external accountability.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Kitchener Public Library gets digital reboot
Kitchener Public Library’s $40-million renovation and expansion, completed in September 2014, responded to a new digital reality.
CondoBusiness
Condo project promises Muskoka in the city
At a time when many are escaping to cottage country, Curated Properties has revealed plans for a condo project that promises to deliver Muskoka in the city.
Canadian Property Management
Virtual reality emerges in commercial sector
Office marketing tools of the future will immerse users in new or non-existent environments, offering them the chance to virtually control a presale asset.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
MacOdrum Library’s novel redesign wins award
Diamond Schmitt Architects' dramatic $27-million redesign of Carleton University’s MacOdrum Library earned a 2015 Library Building Award on July 7.
Design Quarterly
Achieving the most from regenerative design
Architects committed to sustainability have focused, rightly, on minimizing damage to the environment. But today, thanks to new research, innovation and technology, it is clear that designers can do even more: they can use their work to improve the environment through what is known as regenerative design.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
LEED Gold-targeting campus built to climate
The University College of the North's new LEED Gold-targeting campus considers the local climate of Thompson, Manitoba, in its design.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Expanding the frontiers of universal design
Universal design encompasses much more than physical accessibility, as three Interior Designers of Canada members recently explained in a panel discussion.
CondoBusiness
East United project embraces eclectic locale
A new condo development called East United will bridge than more just the two parallel streets in spans. It will bridge the eclectic influences of the surrounding Corktown and St. Lawrence Market neighbourhoods by combining new, heritage and industrial elements in a five-storey podium, 21-storey tower and six townhouses.
Construction Business
Wood roof systems offer unique opportunities
A growing number of buildings featuring aesthetically striking wood roof systems are popping up around British Columbia, and beyond.
Design Quarterly
Designing for an aging population
With an aging population, health and wellness in the design process is becoming increasingly important. The built environment (private or public) can have significant impacts
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Modular apartments offer modern solutions
Modular apartments are gaining traction among building owners and tenants in cities across North America.
Canadian Property Management
Cultivating wellbeing in the built environment
Mental health, including depression, is the leading cause of short-term disability in the global workplace. In Canada, 50 per cent of short-term disability claims are
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Hullmark revives aging Liberty Village property
The more than 100-year-old brick building at 60 Atlantic Ave. was facing near-certain demolition when Hullmark Developments bought it. President Jeff Hull saw in the
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Inside U of T Mississauga’s Innovation Complex
To subsume or not to subsume. That was the question presented by the project brief for the expansion and renovation of University of Toronto Mississauga’s
CondoBusiness
Canary Park condos prepared for Pan Am Games
The Canary Park condos are nearly ready to be turned over to the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games organizers for fit-up for the athletes, coaches
Design Quarterly
Choosing transformation over demolition
When renovating, many homeowners, opt for a bulldozer and a fresh start to solve space issues, when transformation is a possibility worth looking at.



